I loved my aunt Suzy. She was such a kind old lady. I loved going to her house on holiday. She had been sick for the last few years and, though my job had taken me away across the town, I tried to visit her as much as possible. I helped with the shopping, the cooking and the cleaning and taking her pet cat Mazy to the vet.
Sad as her passing away was, what happened to Mazy was even more worrying. Because aunt Suzy had no children, there wasn’t anyone who seemed to care for her beloved cat friend. I would have taken her in a short time, but my apartment doesn’t allow pets. First, we talked with her neighbors. Mr. Jenkins, who was alone and lived across the street, wasn’t interested. Joe and Sally who lived next door had a small child with serious skin allergies(过敏症). My aunt’s best friend Molly who had lived just down the road was unable to take care of herself as she had serious health problems.
Second, we thought about our family members. My brother Bobby and his wife Jill were eliminated at once as they aren’t cat people. My cousin in California was a bit interested, but we weren’t sure about the trip as Mazy was nearly as old as my aunt (in cat years!). Finally, we came to the local humane society to see whether they would be able to help her find a new home. The problem was that most people and families only welcomed a smart little cat into their home, not a dull old one.
In the end, we had to put Mazy to sleep. I had spoken with the vet and realized it was possible for the best. It was so hard to lose aunt Suzy and then have nowhere for Mazy to live. A few months went by and I had gone to my aunt’s house to clear out some of her belongings. I happened to see her mailman. Jerry and we started to talk about my aunt when he asked about Mazy. I told him that we had to put Mazy to sleep because we couldn’t find a home for her. Jerry got really quiet. “I promised Suzy that if anything ever happened to her, I’d take care of Mazy”, he said sadly. “Suzy always said she’d told her lawyer the arrangement.”
Hearing this, my heart sank to my feet and I almost cried. The saddest part, I realized, was this all could have been avoided. I guess we were just so busy in those final months that we didn’t think about it. We could have called my aunt’s lawyer to take care of it in less than 10 minutes. I’ll never forgive myself for not thinking of it sooner. And I’ll never forgive myself for losing Mazy.
1.To care for her aunt’s cat the writer first thought of ________.
A. her aunt’s neighbors
B. her own neighbors
C. her own relatives
D. her family members
2.What does the underlined word “eliminate” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
A. Think over for a while.
B. Remove or get rid of.
C. Call somebody for something.
D. Give somebody a surprise.
3.Why didn’t the writer think her cousin was suitable for taking care of the cat?
A. Her cousin had skin allergies.
B. Her cousin disliked animals.
C. Her cousin lived too far away.
D. Her cousin was in poor health.
4.It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A. the writer let the cat take medicine to sleep
B. most families there didn’t want to raise a cat
C. the cat was killed without pain
D. the writer’s aunt was very forgetful
5.What the writer regretted was that she didn’t ________.
A. try her best to care for her aunt’s cat
B. ask her aunt who would take care of the cat
C. talk with her aunt’s mailman months earlier
D. manage to find out her aunt’s arrangement for Mazy
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I loved my aunt Suzy. She was such a kind old lady. I loved going to her house on holiday. She had been sick for the last few years and, though my job had taken me away across the town, I tried to visit her as much as possible. I helped with the shopping, the cooking and the cleaning and taking her pet cat Mazy to the vet.
Sad as her passing away was, what happened to Mazy was even more worrying. Because aunt Suzy had no children, there wasn’t anyone who seemed to care for her beloved cat friend. I would have taken her in a short time, but my apartment doesn’t allow pets. First, we talked with her neighbors. Mr. Jenkins, who was alone and lived across the street, wasn’t interested. Joe and Sally who lived next door had a small child with serious skin allergies(过敏症). My aunt’s best friend Molly who had lived just down the road was unable to take care of herself as she had serious health problems.
Second, we thought about our family members. My brother Bobby and his wife Jill were eliminated at once as they aren’t cat people. My cousin in California was a bit interested, but we weren’t sure about the trip as Mazy was nearly as old as my aunt (in cat years!). Finally, we came to the local humane society to see whether they would be able to help her find a new home. The problem was that most people and families only welcomed a smart little cat into their home, not a dull old one.
In the end, we had to put Mazy to sleep. I had spoken with the vet and realized it was possible for the best. It was so hard to lose aunt Suzy and then have nowhere for Mazy to live. A few months went by and I had gone to my aunt’s house to clear out some of her belongings. I happened to see her mailman. Jerry and we started to talk about my aunt when he asked about Mazy. I told him that we had to put Mazy to sleep because we couldn’t find a home for her. Jerry got really quiet. “I promised Suzy that if anything ever happened to her, I’d take care of Mazy”, he said sadly. “Suzy always said she’d told her lawyer the arrangement.”
Hearing this, my heart sank to my feet and I almost cried. The saddest part, I realized, was this all could have been avoided. I guess we were just so busy in those final months that we didn’t think about it. We could have called my aunt’s lawyer to take care of it in less than 10 minutes. I’ll never forgive myself for not thinking of it sooner. And I’ll never forgive myself for losing Mazy.
1.To care for her aunt’s cat the writer first thought of ________.
A. her aunt’s neighbors
B. her own neighbors
C. her own relatives
D. her family members
2.What does the underlined word “eliminate” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
A. Think over for a while.
B. Remove or get rid of.
C. Call somebody for something.
D. Give somebody a surprise.
3.Why didn’t the writer think her cousin was suitable for taking care of the cat?
A. Her cousin had skin allergies.
B. Her cousin disliked animals.
C. Her cousin lived too far away.
D. Her cousin was in poor health.
4.It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A. the writer let the cat take medicine to sleep
B. most families there didn’t want to raise a cat
C. the cat was killed without pain
D. the writer’s aunt was very forgetful
5.What the writer regretted was that she didn’t ________.
A. try her best to care for her aunt’s cat
B. ask her aunt who would take care of the cat
C. talk with her aunt’s mailman months earlier
D. manage to find out her aunt’s arrangement for Mazy
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On my way home in the street I saw a lady ________ I thought was your aunt.
A. who B. whom C. which D. whose
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My aunt came to my home with her six-year-old daughter Alice this morning. While my aunt was talking with my mom at home, my cousin felt a bit _______. So I suggested that I go out with her. My aunt happily _______ . So we went to the park near my home together. There we bought two _______ and started flying them. While we were doing that, Alice couldn't help _______. She jumped up and down and I knew she was _______having great fun. And I must _______that I haven't enjoyed myself like that for a long time.
Later, we sat down on a bench, looking at the gardens. As we were________there, Alice looked up at me and said, "What a _______day today!" I smiled at her and agreed. I then started _______ what we had done that day. We did something quite _______ , yet we were very happy.
Many people wait for their "best days". But I think today is our ______ day. That’s a lesson I ______ today. As adults, we often make plans _______ in order to have a great day. Some people think that they can have a nice day through spending a lot of ________. I think we should be more like ________. They don’t think about money or what will happen tomorrow. They _______ live in the moment and enjoy the moment!
We often hear the expression that we should live in the ________. How do we do that? We’re not doing such a ______ job. Remember today is important as we are exchanging (交换) a day of our _______ for it. Yesterday is a history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a _______. That’s why it is called present. So seize (把握) the day!
1.A. tired B. bored C. hungry D. sleepy
2.A. explained B. followed C. called D. agreed
3.A. birds B. presents C. kites D. planes
4.A. laughing B. crying C. complaining D. running
5.A. willingly B. truly C. faithfully D. hopefully
6.A. wonder B. suggest C. dream D. admit
7.A. eating B. jumping C. sitting D. walking
8.A. beautiful B. great C. warm D. long
9.A. thinking about B. looking for C. aiming at D. dreaming about
10.A. brave B. strange C. common D. interesting
11.A. memorable B. special C. important D. perfect
12.A. needed B. taught C. learned D. gave
13.A. quickly B. carefully C. worriedly D. sadly
14.A. money B. energy C. time D. experience
15.A. parents B. teachers C. relatives D. children
16.A. entirely B. really C. frequently D. finally
17.A. morning B. present C. past D. future
18.A. good B. professional C. new D. difficult
19.A. mood B. home C. family D. life
20.A. reason B. book C. gift D. tool
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The old lady insisted that her daughter ____ still alive and that she ____ at once.
A.was; was operated
B.was; be operated
C.should be; should be operated
D.be; should be operated
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The old lady insisted that her daughter ____ still alive and that she ____ at once.
A.was; was operated B.was; be operated
C.should be; should be operated D.be; should be operated
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Once upon a time in a land far away, there was a______old man who loved everything such as:animals, spiders, insects...
One day______walking through the woods the nice old man found a cocoon(茧)of a butterfly. He______it home.
A few days later, a small______appeared; he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours______it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop______any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go_____farther.
Then the man came up to help the______ , so he took a pair of scissors and______the remaining bit of the cocoon.
The butterfly then came out______.
____it had a swollen body and small, shriveled(皱缩的) wings. The man was______ about the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would _____ and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract(收缩) in time. However, neither happened!______________, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings.
It never was able to______.
What the man in his kindness and haste(轻率) did not understand was that the restricting (限制)_____ and the struggle required for the butterfly to_______ the tiny opening were Nature's way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its________ from the cocoon.
Sometimes ______are exactly what we need in our life. If we were allowed to go through our life without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as _______as what we could have been.
And we could never fly.
1.A. cold B. kind C. polite D. upset
2.A. unless B. if C. while D. because
3.A. took B. moved C. settled D. based
4.A. bag B. skin C. pipe D. opening
5.A. and B. until C. as D. then
6.A. making B. coming C. getting D. suffering
7.A. any B. more C. no D. much
8.A. bug B. butterfly C. animal D. fly
9.A. turn on B. take part in C. cut down D. cut open
10.A. calmly B. powerfully C. easily D. hardly
11.A. Gradually B. Even C. So D. But
12.A. looked B. lasted C. concerned D. began
13.A. enlarge B. shorten C. frighten D. darken
14.A. At present B. In ruins C. In fact D. On purpose
15.A. run B. fly C. move D. walk
16.A. wing B. tail C. head D. cocoon
17.A. go for B. go through C. go away D. go into
18.A. freedom B. track C. Loneliness D. route
19.A. struggles B. cares C. cracks D. injures
20.A. weak B. hopeful C. joyful D. strong
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With my hands and knees on the floor of the airplane, I was searching for an old lady’s missing hearing aid during the flight from Sydney to Los Angeles. It occurred to me that this may not be the most dignified posture for a Buddhist nun(尼姑).
I had seen the old lady from the seat in front of me as she walked up and down the passage with a flashlight. I asked a few times what was wrong, but she didn’t answer at first —– she couldn’t hear me. She was wearing a woolen coat. Judging from her accent, she came from Eastern Europe.
Do you know how much hearing aids cost? Thousands, especially for the new tiny hidden-in-the-ear type she described. It takes a long time for an appointment to make a new one, and many doctor visits to get the thing adjusted right. Therefore, my dignity seemed less important than finding that hearing aid. But how does one find a tiny black object in a shadowy jet cabin(机舱)
The lady wasn’t even sure where or when she had lost it. At one point, a couple of flight attendants did a random search around the lady’s seat; I wasn’t impressed. They left suggesting that she search the seat of her previous flight! My flashlight turned up all kinds of small objects, bits of plastic, broken pieces of headphones.
The old lady said that she gave up. Yet I couldn’t. After we landed, as passengers streamed past us, I insisted that the lady move aside while awaiting her wheelchair. Then I got into a real down and dirty search among the dust under her seat and on the floor.
Look! A little peanut-sized shiny black object caught the light of my flashlight in a floor crack near her seat.
What a rush. “I found it!”
With great astonishment and gratitude, the old lady responded, “I haven’t the words to express my thanks!”
1.Why did the author put her hands and knees on the floor?
A. She is a religious Buddhist nun.
B. She fell down from her seat.
C. She helped the old lady look for her hearing aid.
D. She wanted to stand out among the passengers.
2.What do we know about the old lady?
A. She ignored the author’s question on purpose.
B. She is an American.
C. She lost her hearing aid by accident.
D. It was not difficult for her to get the hearing aid at all.
3.Where was the hearing aid found?
A. On the previous flight.
B. Close to the old lady’ seat.
C. On the wheelchair.
D. In another jet cabin.
4.According to the last two paragraphs, what is the old lady’s attitude towards the author?
A. Respectful. B. Doubtful.
C. Supportive. D. Grateful.
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The old lady was so pleased with all _______ we had done for her _______ she wrote us a thank-you letter.
A. what; that B. that; that C. which; that D. that; what
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My aunt Edith was a widow of 50,working as a secretary,when doctors discovered she had got what was then thought to be a very serious heart illness.
Aunt Edith didn’t accept defeat easily. She began studying medical reports in library and found an article in a magazine about a well-known heart doctor,Dr.Michael Debakey,of Houston,Texas. He had saved the life of someone with the same illness. The article said Dr Debakey’s fees were very high;Aunt Edith couldn’t possibly pay them. But could he tell her of someone whose fee she could pay?
So Aunt Edith wrote to him. She simply listed her reasons for wanting to live:her three children,who would be on their own in three or four years and among them a little girl who always dreamed of traveling and seeing the world. There wasn’t a word of self-pity-only warmth and humor and the joy of living. She mailed the letter,not really expecting an answer.
A few days later,my doorbell rang. Aunt Edith didn’t wait to come in;she stood in the hall and read aloud:
Your beautiful letter moved me very deeply. If you can come to Houston,there will be no charge for either the hospital or the operation.
Signed:Michael Debakey
That was seven years ago. Since then,Aunt Edith has been around the world. Her three children are happily married. For her age,she is one of the youngest,most alive people I know.
1.“Aunt Edith didn’t accept defeat easily” means that .
A. she was very beautiful
B. she was very strong
C. she was very brave
D. she was very warm hearted
2. In fact,Aunt Edith’s letter to Dr.Debakey was full of .
A. courage B.illness
C. pity D. sadness
3.After reading Dr.Debakey’s letter,Aunt Edith felt .
A. discouraged B. frightened
C. disappointed D. encouraged
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Sophie was a ten-year-old girl. She loved _. She drew before breakfast. She drew after breakfast. Sometimes she even drew on her way to _.
One day Sophie arrived _ at school. “Why are you late, Sophie?” asked her _.
“I’m sorry, Miss. I was drawing a big house on the way to school. I forgot about the _.”
“Oh, Sophie,” said her teacher. “You must think _ about your drawing and more about school. Can you give me your _ now please?”
“I’m sorry, Miss, I don’t have it finished.”
“ _ , Sophie?”
“Yesterday I was in town. I saw a _ running down the road. He had a(n) _ face so I drew him.” The teacher gave Sophie a strange look. “But Sophie, there was a _ robbery (抢劫案) in town yesterday...”
“Perhaps that was the man I _ ,” said Sophie. “Perhaps I have drawn a picture of the robber!”
After school, Sophie went to the police station. She _ her picture to a policeman. “Where did you _ this picture?” asked the policeman.
“I drew it,” said Sophie. “I drew it yesterday in _ .”
“This is a picture of Ronnie the Robber,” _ the policeman. “So Ronnie robbed the bank! Thank you, Sophie. Now we can _ him.”
A week later, the policeman _ a letter to Sophie’s school. “Sophie’s drawing _ us catch Ronnie the Robber,” he said. “She is a very clever girl.”
Now her teachers were very _ of Sophie, the girl who loves to draw.
1.A. math B. art C. music D. writing
2.A. home B. park C. library D. school
3.A. late B. early C. happily D. classmate
4.A. father B. teacher C. friend D. mother
5.A. exam B. date C. class D. time
6.A. little B. much C. less D. more
7.A. homework B. picture C. textbook D. notebook
8.A. Why B. Why not C. What happened D. So what
9.A. thief B. robber C. man D. boy
10.A. angry B. handsome C. lovely D. interesting
11.A. bus B. shop C. bank D. street
12.A. saw B. heard C. described D. stopped
13.A. explained B. showed C. introduced D. sold
14.A. draw B. buy C. get D. borrow
15.A. table B. school C. countryside D. town
16.A. replied B. guessed C. answered D. cried
17.A. fine B. find C. arrest D. how
18.A. wrote B. replied C. took D. brought
19.A. recorded B. helped C. let D. had
20.A. proud B. tired C. careful D. confident
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